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His Rolling Stones bandmate Charlie Watts said yes, as did ex-Beatle Paul McCartney _ who chose his murdered bandmate John Lennon's "Beautiful Boy" as his desert-island track _ and musicians from Bing Crosby to Alice Cooper.

"You give Mick a song and have a good beat to it, he can entertain anyone," Watts said. "He's the best in the world at it. Now that Michael Jackson's dead and James Brown is gone, he's the best in the world."